The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-08
Nearly all the members residing at Lit

with the Council since the change OF lOca
! ton.
At Plymouth, since the removal, DR.. I
T.. Sanger, DIR. NJ. +. Young, and o.
Hatch, of this place, have received the de
grees of the Council.
The history of events leading to TIN
change are well shown by extracts tina
may be taken from the proceedings of tn,
Grand Council.
report at the annual assembly of 1880
said of this Council.
"Omega Council at LittletOn, being Ont
assigned to my care, ! early in March mott
fed its Thrice IllustriOus Master of my in
tentiOn to visit the Council officially, an(
requested him to name some time when i
would be convenient for his Council to re-
ceive such visits, but up to the present time
april Sth) have not heard from him.
therefore have not visited Omega Council
as intended and can say little about it, but
learn from different sources that it Is in a
bad condition, having had no work during
the past year, and not prepared to do any If
it could be had. Its unprOsperous condition
may perhaps be accounted for in part by its
unfortunate location, it being located ten
miles from any Chapter. understand that
there is an effort being made to move this
Council to Plymouth. leave the subject
without comment; trusting that whatever is
for the benefit of Cryptic Masonry in this
State may be done in regard to the removal
of Omega Council"
Harvey l.. Currer, Grand Master in his
address to the same assembly says:
"On the 9Th of February last l received a
communication from Illustrious COmpan-
ion Rensselaer, o. Wright, stating that the
Companions of Pemigewassett Chapter
were DESTROYS of forming Council at Plym-
outh, that he was the only Cryptic Mason
in town, and had been requested to ascer-
tain if the Grand officers could not confer
the degrees on enough of them to petition
for despensatiOn and thereby save the
fees of the proposed new Council. decid-
ed that the degrees could not be conferred
even by the Grand Master except in reg
ular and duly constituted Council of Royal
and Select Masters and then only on can
didates who had been duly elected to re-
ceive the same, and they must apply to the
Council within whose jurisdiction they re-
sided, unless that Council gave them per-
mission to apply elsewhere.
On the 9th of March | was informed by
Companion Wright that they had made APP
plicatiOn to Omega Council of Littleton for
permission to form Council at Plymouth,
and that that Council was willing to grant
their request but at the same time express
ed desire to have them unite with Omega
Council and then petition the Grand COun-
Gil for its removal to Plymouth, giving as
reason for the proposed change that there
was no Chapter at Littleton, and they found
it difficult to get the companions to 60 from
Lisbon, where the nearest Chapter is locat-
ed, to LittletOn to receive the Council de-
yrees,
He also informed me that he had been re-
luested to communicate with me and as
certain what steps it would be necessary
for them to take in order to effect the pro-
posed removal. decided that if the mem
having it removed to Plymouth, the Thrice
[llustriOus Master must summon every
member of the Council to he present at a
stated assembly for the purpose of taking
he subject of removal into consideration,
when if the Council should deem such re-
noval expedient they must present petit
ion for that purpose to the Grand Council,
which petition must be signed by not less
han three-fOurths of the members of the
Council and be approved by the two nearest
councils. understand that Omega COun-
III has since applied to Pythagorean Coun-
ii OF Laconia for permission to petition the
irand Council for its removal to Plymouth
nd that that Council refused to grant the
eguest.''
Son motion of Companion Rensselaer, o.
Wright, it was May II, 188O), voted, that
he NJ. l. Grand Master be authorized to re-
move Omega Council from Littleton to
'lymouth, if, in his judgment, the good of {
he order requires it, {
Again in 1881, Grand Master Frank ID.
Woodbury., reverts to the subject, in his
lnnual address, he says:
''By vote of the Grand Council, at its last
the NJ. l. Grand Master was ,
authorized to remove Omega Council from {
4ittleton to Plymouth if in his judgment
he good of the order required it. In ac-
Ordance with this vote, having made in
uiries, and having received petition sign
d by nearly all the Council asking to have
removed to Plymouth, on the 18th of {
anuary signed the order for its removal
nd placed it in charge of IllustriOus Com
anion, Rensselaer, 0. Wright, Grand
Principal Conductor of the work. until the ,
ext annual assembly of the Council which ,
vas held on the 18th Of April. At this as
emily the officers were elected and they
ave since been installed. Since the re- ,
lOval there has been decided increase in {
and every indication points to |
he conclusion that Omega Council is now
established on sure foundation"
Under date of April 10, 1881, Companion
Wright, G. p. c. of work, reports as fol-
lwS,
81 was present at the meeting of Omega
Ouncil on the occasion of its removal to L